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Using a Geographic Information System to Improve Childhood Lead-Screening Efforts
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Robert Graff, PhD
Suggested citation for this article: Graff R. Using a Geographic Information System to Improve Childhood Lead-Screening Efforts. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120273. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120273.
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Abstract
The Idaho Division of Public Health conducted a pilot study to produce a lead-exposure–risk map to help local and state agencies better target childhood lead-screening efforts. Priority lead-screening areas, at the block group level, were created by using county tax assessor data and geographic information system software. A series of maps were produced, indicating childhood lead-screening prevalence in areas in which there was high potential for exposure to lead. These maps could enable development of more systematically targeted and cost-effective childhood lead-screening efforts.Objective
Idaho does not have a funded childhood lead-poisoning prevention program. As a result, scant data are available on lead levels in Idaho children, and resources for screening for lead poisoning are limited. Although some screening is done, it is unknown whether children at highest risk of exposure to lead-based paint, the leading cause of childhood lead poisoning (1), are the ones being screened. To help local and state agencies better target childhood lead-screening efforts to the highest risk geographic areas, the Idaho Division of Public Health (DPH) conducted a pilot study to produce a lead-exposure–risk map for Ada County, the most populous county in Idaho.Uso de sistemas de información geográfica para mejorar los esfuerzos para realizar pruebas de detección de plomo en niños
Robert Graff, PhD
Citación sugerida para este artículo: Graff R. Using a Geographic Information System to Improve Childhood Lead-Screening Efforts. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120273. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120273.
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